jcfd55:
Thanks for the info guys, so far very useful.
Dave fwiw: I was not thinking of the ADR as counting towards CPC as I didn’t think it could possibly count anyway. I thought the CPC was a set of fixed modules, covering other stuff. So I’m interested in you saying that as a package it might count towards a cpc as well any idea how that works?
So always trying to be busy during the slack period for driving, I was just thinking of just adding the ADR’s to my existing to further enhance my general prospects (I do agy work when fireworks are slack) for interesting work. There have been some reasonably paid tanker jobs around here lately I noticed.
Your quite right the class1 is not really needed, but was useful to do and include in the overall pyrotechnic insurance pack I had to submit. won’t be renewing that one tho! Even fully loaded with two shops worth of fireworks a few years ago I couldn’t get anywhere near NEQ.
Jim
Hi Jim,
The relevant NEQ figure will depend on the Division number and compatibility group (CG) letter, but as fireworks fall into several divisions, I’d need more info to give you an accurate NEQ trigger limit for a particular job.
Quite a number of fireworks are CG letter ‘G’ but some are CG letter ‘S.’
ADR Transport Category limits are:
Cat 0 = 0 kg/ltr
Cat 1 = 20 kg/ltr
Cat 2 = 333 kg/ltr
Cat 3 = 1,000 kg/ltr
Cat 4 = Unlimited
For UN Class 1 on a UK domestic journey: (UK Transport Categories 1A & 2A have more generous limits.)
Cat 0 = 0 kg/ltr
Cat 1 = 20kg/ltr
Cat 1A = 50 kg/ltr
Cat 2 = 333 kg/ltr
Cat 2A = 500 kg/ltr
Cat 3 = 1,000 kg/ltr
Cat 4 = Unlimited
And please don’t forget that 1.4S is in Transport Category 4 and so has NO ‘trigger’ limit 
Driver CPC can be likened to choosing from a menu.
You need a total of 35 hours worth of courses that have chunks of 7 qualifying hours attached.
ADR is just one of many courses that can be taken to fulfil the 35-hour training requirement, but as ROG correctly said, the ADR provider must also be DSA/JAUPT approved for driver CPC.
The 35 hours is the only requirement, how you achieve it is a matter of you choosing which of the qualifying courses take your interest, there is no set course.
If there’s any reasonable length of time remaining on your current ADR, the cheapest way forward for you would be to take a ‘packages’ module of 1.5 hrs, ) but no CPC for this on its own,) the do the general classes which will attract 7 hours.
If your ADR certificate has little remaining validity before expiry, then my advice is that you do Core, Packs and classes 2,3,4,5,6,8 &9 which will get you 21 hours towards your driver CPC, but the downside of that is that you’ll very probably lose your remaining UN Class 1 entitlement.
That could be a tricky decision, so I’d advise you to discuss it with an ADR provider who is authorised for providing UN Class 1, because they’ll also be authorised for the rest too, but anybody not authorised for providing UN Class 1 might not know the rules for that module.
I hope this helps.
